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Good old days once again for NY's Grand Central Terminal

Fri, Jul 07, 2017 - 5:50 AM

The clock over the south entrance to the main concourse at Grand Central Terminal in 1959. Soon, for the first time in 26 years, the station will briefly reclaim its role as the beaux-arts portal to America's inland empire as Amtrak temporarily restores some intercity service to relieve pressure on Penn Station.

PHOTO: NYTIMES

New York

THIS is Grand Central Terminal's summer in the sun.

The greatest monument to transportation in New York, its fabled "Gateway to a Continent", Grand Central has never been as visible from the outside or as luminous from within. Nearby demolition for a major development, One